Life Stories Podcast with Shara Goswick: Real People. Inspiring Stories. Making a Difference.
Oct 29, 2026 · 32 min · 10 segments
In this episode of Life Stories, I sit down with Jody Hudson, author of My Promise to Alex and founder of the Alex Hudson Lyme Foundation. Jody shares the heartbreaking journey of her daughter, Alex…
Jody HudsonGuest
Shara GoswickHost
And when you have that symptom under control, then you go on to the next one and to the next one.
So as I tell people, it is the most complicated disease and I don't wish it on anyone because it's so incredibly hard.
And it's harder as a parent to try and navigate, you know, your child's medical journey when a lot of the doctors don't even know how to help you.
The only thing I know about Lyme disease is when you look it up, if you get bit by a tick, it'll tell you if you don't have the little rash.
If you don't have that, you don't have fever, you don't have these other symptoms, then you should be fine.
I tell people that when they know that they've been bit by a tick, immediately go to your doctor.
Go on, you know, 30 days of doxy antibiotic just to clear out anything in your system.
Save the tick because you can send it to labs and they can determine if it's a dirty tick, if it's carrying, you know, Lyme disease or not, because not every tick is a dirty tick.
And when you have that symptom under control, then you go on to the next one and to the next one.
So as I tell people, it is the most complicated disease and I don't wish it on anyone because it's so incredibly hard.
And it's harder as a parent to try and navigate, you know, your child's medical journey when a lot of the doctors don't even know how to help you.
The only thing I know about Lyme disease is when you look it up, if you get bit by a tick, it'll tell you if you don't have the little rash.
If you don't have that, you don't have fever, you don't have these other symptoms, then you should be fine.
I tell people that when they know that they've been bit by a tick, immediately go to your doctor.
Go on, you know, 30 days of doxy antibiotic just to clear out anything in your system.
Save the tick because you can send it to labs and they can determine if it's a dirty tick, if it's carrying, you know, Lyme disease or not, because not every tick is a dirty tick.
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